Hey, On 04.12.2013 22:49, Robert Schweikert wrote:
I will maintain my packages in the distribution if we have 1, 10, or 1,000,000 users. It's all the same to me. Further it is all the same to me if those users are of the "for a living" kind, or hobbyist, or school kids, poor or rich. I think I am not alone in this respect.
This is exactly why I think that we're not in some kind of "market". Market logic and assumptions do not apply to us and what we do. We don't exchange currency for goods and services. We don't even barter. The opposite is true: The intangible asset of our own egos satisfaction and reputation among other hackers is what we strive for. This is an endless resource so competing for it doesn't happen. We are also not competing for anything with other Free and Open Source distributions, the opposite is true: We collaborate with them for a common goal, even if we might disagree on the way to do it. We are a "great babbling bazaar of differing agendas and approaches". We do not direct our resources to maximize our "profit". The opposite is true: We're solving our own and our friends problems/challenges, often in the simplest way we can. I think the basic assumption of all of this is wrong and we don't have to do anything except to continue to frame, foster, accompany and patronize the things the members of our community want to do. This is what has brought us here and this is what will carry us into the future. Henne -- Henne Vogelsang http://www.opensuse.org Everybody has a plan, until they get hit. - Mike Tyson -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org